Mixing and separating machine.



F. EGAUBERT. MIXING AND LSEPARATING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12, 1908. 1 9%,, Patented Bea-w, 1911 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION FILED DEG.12, 1908.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911'.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 IIVI/E Ill T01? FEEDER/C 56417856 7 WITNESSES flu; mm m ATTORNEYS rnnnnmc EGAUBERT,

OF NEW Yank, N. Y;

MIXING I AND SEPARATING Machine.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Application filed December 12,1908. Serial1o. 467,2 45

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, FREDERIC ,ECAUBERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, county (if-Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Mixing and Separating a special arrangementof the receptacle,

which it may be'easily and quickly filled journals Gr, G in the threaded into thecarrier B, projects into .a.

Machines, of which the fication.

My invention relates to that class of mixfollowing is aspeciing and separating machines inwhich the materials to be operated upon are placed-in a vessel and adapted to have a combined planetary and axially rotative motion, and is adapted to be useful especially in connection. with the mechanism of the mixing and separating machine disclosed and claimed by me in Letters Patent895,l73,'issued August 4,1908.

More particularly my invention COIHPI'LZES y with the materials to be operated upon before, and similarly emptied after, operation Without the necessity of using any form of cover or other closure.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is an elevation, part section, of apreferred form of my invention; Fig. 2 a plan view of Fig. 1 showing the left container in the open p01 sit-ion; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the brake mechanism on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is an elevation, p'art section, on an enlarged scale of the upperportion of Fig. 1, the lower structure being broken away and one of the receptacles being shown with internal mixing segments; Fig. 5 is a section along the line 55 of Fig. 4:; and Fig. 6 an elevation, part section,'of one of the receptacles with a modified form of mixing segment.

A-A are spherical containers, carried opposite one another by the bracket B, which bracket is keyed or otherwise securely fastened to a revolving sleeve C, the, bracket and sleeve being supported by a main frame D. A pulley E enables the sleeve to be revolved, thus rotating the two containers A andA with carrier B. Each of these receptacles A, A has an opening F and is held by diametal support H. A pin I,

recess in the container, locking in position, and serving as a lower bearing forthe support H.

, tightened by bolts,

' the small shaft M.

2). Bythen unscrewing the stop bearing of 't-he'contained ingredients.

-made an lntegral the container. their bracket orpivoted ata' point with a shaft J and bevel gear K, Ajthi'rd gear L engages with the-two gearsK and is driven by a shaft M inclosed within the sleeve C. y i

A brake device N, composed of two parallel strips and capable of being released or of the frame D and mcloses the lower endof n operation, each receptacle A, A is turned on the bearings I and J .untilthe JOHIIliLlS G and G are horizontal, (see Fig I, the neck of the receptacle may beswung outward until the-,face of the opening is substantially horiaontal and the materialsv which are to be m1xed placed therein; The

receptacle is then thrown back and the pin Ilocked into lace. If, now, the sleeve G be rotated at sultable speed by applying'belt to the pulley enedupon the shaft M, will besubjected to a planetary motion-at the end of their, supporting fixture andalso to a. rotary motion about their own axis. y

The centrifugahforce derived from this planetary motion acts upon every'portion of the contained material to carry it against the outer Wall of the containers, from which position'the materialis constantly and continuously moved, by reason of the axial inotion which each container individually has. This will result' in' a very complete mixing It will be noted that on account'of the inclined axis of the containers, thetwo forces-which are simultaneously acting upon each part of the material are thus acting in different directions thus assuring a very thorough mixture;

I may increase the rotative pull of each container upon the ingredients held by it by j means of suitably positioned radialvanes.

These vanes may preferably may be being held by slotted bosses V, Fi 6,

improved 'van'e which possesses a number of advantages. This structure is composed' of a number .of

flat sheets 0 suitably pierced with holes and to a vertical standard 110' P Above, each vane is joined by an arm R to a central sliding sleeve S, a nut T haw;

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- Each of the supports H is provided above I is placed in. the bottom,

E, the brakeN being first tight-. the containers be-permanent-ly placed, or 10 removable, in such casepart of the inner wa l of In Fig. 4 I have shown an structure which is very quickly 'and easily removedfor cleaning'and ing a prolongationU and threaded to Q bearlng upon S to expand the vanes. The vanes, therefore, open" and close like the ribs of an umbrella and by unscrewing T may 5 be readily withdrawn from the container.

When placed within the container and 'T again unlocked.and the container rotated upon the axis G, G until the mouth is at the bottom, when the contents or charge of the container may be emptied through the hole W. The container mouth is again thrown upward when a fresh charge may be inserted. In charging, the container may be filled up to a level I), b, or practically until the lower edge of the inclined mouth F is reached. In operation this level tends to 5 tilt'in the direction of-the arrow Fig. 1- into a limit position a, a, which position or approaching thereto, the mixing action takes place. It will be noted that in no position between these two limits is there any possibility of escape of contents so that my in- -vention' may be used without any cover or with a loose fitting cover for the container thus greatly'facilitating the charge and discharge of contents." It will be noted also that the interior of my container is practically free and'smooth and is therefore very easy to clean. By suspending the containers in'thefixture H, and out of contact with their surface I also avoid friction on the out- .oside wall of the container and prevent leakage. v

I may obi iou sly substitute equivalent mechanism for the brake N acting upon the inner shaft p I have described my machine as'used in mixing processes. I may, however, use it equally as well for separating process such asth'e'sepa'ration of butter fat as in ordinary churning, or as described in my prey viouslyrefer'red to Patent No; 895,173, Au-

gust 4, 1908, I 'm'ay introduce a fat holding odors into thefvessel together with alcohol giving the""containera combined planetary and axiallyi'otated motion, thus producing a' thorough mi xing By then employing the circular motion only the fat particles will be thrown out beyond the alcohol and will tend to coagulate releasing the'alcoholwhieh has absorbed the odors so thatit may then i be drawnofi' by a siphon or inany other convenient*way. v I I It will be observed that the bracket-or carrier..B- is supported at point X upon the frame D; the locat on of this point Xe" high up in the machine,.enables,me not only to make a compact mechanism but to lower the. contalners so astO-make the openings F readily accessible without requiring the person fillingthe containers to mount upon a platform or a ladder: The proper location 7 of the point X is as high as possible in the entire device.

I claim:

1. The combination of a rotatable carrier anda container mounted to turn on said carrier about an axis arranged obliquely with reference to that of the carrier in amanner to prevent th'econtents of the container from being expelled by centrifugal force and to revolve about the axis of the 8 carrler. v

2. The combination of afcar'rier mounted to rotate about an upright axisand a container mounted to turn on said carrier about an axis inclined upwardly toward the carriers axis arid to revolve about the axis of said carrier, said container having an opening at the axial region of its upper portion so located as to prevent the contents of the container from being expelled by centrifugal force.

3. The combination of a carrier and a container mounted to turnlhereon about an inclined axis and to revolve about the axis of the container, said container having an openingat'the axial region of its upper portion so located as'to prevent the contents of the container from being expelled by centrifugal force.

' 4. The combination of a vertical driving shaft, a container meansconnected with the shaft for imparting orbital motion 't'othe container, means for rotating the container about its axis, said container having an opening at its upper, end of the containers axis forming an acute angle with the shaft, and so-located as to prevent the contents of the ,container from being expelled by centrifugal force. A

5. The combination oftherotatable carrier, the support mounted to turn'on said carrier about an axis arranged obliquely with refercnce to that of the carrierQ-and'mounted to swing on said support about an axis transverse toils axis of rotation, and movable means for normally locking the con-- tainer to its support. I"

6.,The combination of the rotatable carrier,

alining pivots mounted on said carrier and disposed obliquely to that of the carrier, one

of said pivots being movable lengthwise, a support mounted to rotate about said oblique axis, and a container mounted to swing on said support-abouLan axis transverse to its axis of. rotation, yet adapted to' be locked to the support by the longitudinal movement of said pivot.

The combination of thecarrier and the container mounted to turn thereon about an inclined axis, said container having an openi in - ing at the axial region of its upper portion.

and a stirrer projecting into the container axially and; arranged substantially stationary relatively to said container.

8. The combination of the rotatable carrier, the container mounted to turn on said carrier about an axis arranged obliquely with referencc to thatlof the carrier and to revolve about the axis of said carrier, and a support engaging the carrier at about the level of the center of gravity of'the entire revolving structure.

9. The combination of the carrier and the container inounted to turn about'a radially inclined axis, said container having an opening lying wholly within the region of'minimum centrifugal force within said container. v

10. The combination of the carrier and the container mounted to turn about a radially inclined axis said container having an opening lying Wholly within the re ion of minimum centrifugal force within t 1e container, and above the line of maximum contents of said container When the carrier and container are atrest.

11. The combination of the carrier and the container mounted to turn about a radiallyinclined axis, said container having an opening wholly intermediate the gravital and centrifugal surface planes of the contents of said container.

- 12; The combination of the rotatable carrier, the annular support mounted to turn on said carrier about a. radially inclined axis"; the container mounted to swing on said port about anaxis transverse to its axis rotation, means for locking the container againstsaid transverse rotation and mean for releasing said locking means.

13. The combination of the carrier, means for supporting a revoluble container on said carrier ona radially inclined axis, means for supporting said container to revolve on an 'axis transverse thereto and meansfor rendering the last recited means inoperative.

14. The combination of the rotatable carrier, a gimbal ring mounted to turn on said carrier about an axis arranged obliquely with reference to that of the carrier, and a container carried by said gimbal ring.

15. The combination of the carrier mount-- ed to turn about a'vertical axis, a gimbal ring mounted thereon to turn about an axis inclined upwardly toward the carriers axis,

and a container carried by said gimbal ring, said. container having a restricted opening at the axial region of its upper portion.

16. The combination of the carrier, a gimbal ring rotatable thereon about an inclined axis, and a container carried by said gimbal ring, said container having an opening at the axial region of its upper portion.

17. The combination of a vertical driving shaft, a rotatable ginibal ring, a container carried by said gimbal ring, means connected with said driving shaft for imparting orbital motion to said gimbal ring and corn tainer, means for rotating the gimbal ring and container about their axis of support on said carrier, said container having'an opening at its upper end concentric with said axis and forming an acute angle with said shaft. In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERIO ECAUBERT. Witnesses:

- J on Lorna,

JOHN A. KnrxLnN'nnoK. 

